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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

3,824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 192

Helping American Industry South Australian Railway Cars

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 May 1924 · page 5

A message from New York reports that Mr Shea, the chief engineer of the South Australian railways, with Mr Baghurst, the mechanical inspector, has…

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Effect of a Letter Connection with Railway Collision

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 May 1924 · page 5

London, Wednesday.—Giving evidence at an inquiry into the mail train collision in February in Worcestershire, Pembleton, a signal man, said when he…

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N. Z. Railway Strike Men Resume Work

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 May 1924 · page 7

A cable from Wellington.on Wednesday roportcd that railwaymen in all parts of the Dominion reported for duty that morning. There is…

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Singleton Police Court Friday, May 2nd. (Before Mr A. Perry, P.m.). Unregistered Motor Car

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 May 1924 · page 6

Mr W. J. Cragg Cragguilty guilty for Arthur Player, of Cessnock, to having driven a motor car, same not being registered…

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Tram Strike Hold Up in Melbourne Three Thousand Idle. MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 May 1924 · page 5

No trams are running in Melbourne to-day, 3000 men having stopped work out of sympathy with a gripman, who had been dismissed…

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Goulburn River Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 1

Mr. W. Cameron. M.L.A., to-day visited the Goulburn River in connection with the agitation for a bridge at the Martindale Crossing. It is…

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Bridge Timber Prom Gould Bros

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 2

Mr W. Cameron, M.L.A., a member of the Public Works Committee, informs us that while visiting Dalgety, Southern Monaro, last week the work of…

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Disgraceful Scenes on North Coast Train

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 4

Mr H. Kunkler, of Murwillumbah, who returned by the North Coast train from Sydney one day last week, described the disgraceful conditions which…

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Shire Main Roads in a Deplorable State No Grants Obtainable

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 8

According to stat cements made at the Cessnock Shire Council meeting on Friday, the main roads are in a deplorable state, and apparently no…

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That Road to Jerry's Plains Landholders Decide to Send Petition to Minister

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 4

The Muswellbrook "Chronicle" publishes the following:— The agitation by the landholders on the Muswellbrook side of the river,…

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Railway Ballot. Alleged Interference with Papers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 3

Allegations have been made respecting the ballot held for selecting the council of the Australian Railway Union last Saturday…

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Four Injured. Tram and Cart Collide. Petersham Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 3

Four men were injured, three of them severely in a collision between a train and a cart at Petersham, shortly before six o'clock last night…

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State Railways. Arrival of English Experits

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 5

Sir Samuel Fay and Sir Vincent Rayon, 'two English experts, who are to investigate railway matters in New South Wales, have arrived at…

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Big Surplus. New Zealand Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 6

Despite severe floods and other interruptions to traffic, the New Zealand railway revenue for the year ended March 31 shows an increase of £250,000…

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No Cable Trams Strike in Melbourne. Policemen Attacked. MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 5

No cable trams ran in Melbourne today. A conference between the parties has been called for this afternoon…

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A Motorist's Experience

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 2

Mr. F. E. Price, of Baroona, Whittingham, had a disagreable experience while motoring to Tuncurry recently. He got ns far as…

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Melbourne Trams Stop Echo of Police Strike. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 2

No trams are running in Melbourne to-day, 3000 men having stopped work out of sympathy with a gripman who had been dismissed for rofusing to…

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Fatal Collision Motor Cycle and Cow. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 2

A motor cycle and side-car, driven by A. J. Peterson, collided with a cow at Baldwyn yesterday, and capsized. Petorson's wife was killed,…

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Tram Hits Hearse

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 2

A funeral cortege was proceeding to the Gore Hill Cemetery on Saturday afternoon, when there was a collision between the hearse and a tram in…

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Motoring Holiday Over 1700 MILES: Cessnock to Maryborough and Back

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 3

Mr. W. P. Costello, proprietor of the Royal Oak Hotel, and a party, spent the Easter holidays in making a trip in his Fiat car 505, touring…

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